#curator life

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#museum life #museum memes #curator problems #curator life #monty python #museums

[themuseumlady]

we are sorting the mannequins! it has started me so many times!

the museum is currently littered with mannequin parts and bodies as we work to sort our exhibit mannequins - which is exciting!! but also extraordinarily unnerving as I keep running into mannequins that are not where I expect them to be

here are some of the less scary (newer) ones next to my archive entrance

unfortunately I can't post the torsos and heads on the first floor (the ones being decommissioned) for privacy reasons. I wish I could though, because it is hard to put into words how genuinely unnerving these figures are.

immediately upon entering the museum each day I am greeted by a distant hoard of torsos, limbs, and heads decorated in obscenely dramatic makeup - the mannequins having been taken apart for ease of transport down the stairs. This is actually my first time seeing the faces of many of these figures, during the exhibit season they were covered with stockings as the makeup did not suit the clothing displayed. Which was frankly also pretty terrifying, seeing just the clear ghost of a hidden face underneath the fabric

a part of me feels bad for the ones we are disposing of?? they have spent their career in this institution, helping us display history, and now their future is wholly unknown

-- but also they are the type of model that do pose a threat to delicate historical clothing (damn you articulated arms that can pinch and tear), so I am glad we have found the means to upgrade --

ANYWHO - despite my terror the museum is once again filled with life! we are preparing for our opening, building exhibits, and diving back in to in-person projects! :)

#history #historical society #museum #sorry you all had to hear a bit too much about my fear of the mannequins #but they are scary!! especially when they are in new places suddenly! #the exhibit making is going well though!!!! #local history #museum curator #museum life #east coast #museums #museum studies #antiques #history humor #curator life #mannequin #museum collections #museum professional #horror #spooky #museum exhibit #exhibit #art history

[life-spire]

#curators on tumblr #inspiration #quote #quoteoftheday #quotes #book quote #life quote #beautiful quote #quotations #words #literature

[expressions-of-nature]

Happy Seals by Jónína Guðrún Óskarsdóttir

#seals #animals #wildlife #nature #cute #funny #happy #marine life #naturecore #curators on tumblr #uploads

[whitneybarkman]

Wisps on the hill.

#original photographers #photographers of tumblr #curators on tumblr #forest wanderer #beautiful nature #nature photography #trees and forests #nature #forest #moodynature #winter forest #winter photography #mountain life #fog

[maureen2musings]

shinndierock

#east coast #usa #beaches #sunset colors #sunrise #moon and the sea #salt life #curators on tumblr

[vangoghcore]

by helen_walne

#underwater #sea life #aesthetic #nature #naturecore #oceancore #kelp forest #watercore #photography #curators on tumblr #up

[onenicebugperday]

Ambush bug, Phymata sp., Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)

Photographed in Ecuador by Andreas Kay

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #true bugs #assassin bug #ambush bug #one nice bug #this year was really The Year of the Ambush Bug #saw more this summer than i've ever seen in my life #love that they're thriving

[tokyoproxy]

ੈ♡₊˚•.

#@medusascience #curators on tumblr #nature #jellyfish #sea life #marine life #aesthetic #aes #purple #mygif #⋆˙⟡

[classicalcanvas]

Title: A Pair of Leather Clogs

Artist: Vincent van Gogh

Date: 1888

Style: Post-Impressionism

Genre: Still Life

#art history #art #painting #artwork #history #museums #culture #vintage #curators #classicalcanvas #post impressionism #still life #vincent van gogh #van gogh

[thedeadtravelfast]

Paul drinking the Water of Life:

Feyd if he drank the Water of Life:

#deny it i dare y'all - after how he reacted to the BAHX yo ass know he'd be knocking shots back like an LMFAO songs #lifetimes of carefully curated witchcraft eugenics couldn't have held my boi back #dune part two #dune part 2 #dune part ii #dune spoilers #dune part two spoilers #dune part 2 spoilers #dune part ii spoilers #dune 2024 #dune shitpost #feyd rautha #dune memes #feyd rautha harkonnen #paul atreides #paul muad'dib #muaddib #muad'dib #lisan al gaib #kwisatz haderach #the water of life

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Today's very weird museum visitor: the guy asked (via his daughter, as it appeared his English was limited) if they were allowed to take photos. I said yes. Turns out he didn't want photos of the exhibitions - he wanted a photo of himself with ME. No idea why.

#museums #museum life #curator life #museum professional

[themuseumlady]

I get to play with swords today at work!

determining which of out fraternal order swords will work best for the exhibit I am helping develop :)

#history #I want one so bad #swords #historical society #museum curator #local history #museum life #museums #curator life #fraternal order #east coast

[life-spire]

#curators on tumblr #inspiration #quote #words #literature #life quotes #beautiful quote #life quote #book quote #quoteoftheday #quotes #love

[expressions-of-nature]

by Thomas Quine

#underwater #ocean #marine life #glow #nature #aesthetic #sea anenome #animals #naturecore #diving #green #blue #plants #sea #water #vibrant #colors #curators on tumblr #uploads

[whitneybarkman]

Calm.

#original photographers #photographers of tumblr #curators on tumblr #beautiful nature #nature photography #trees and forests #nature #forest #moodynature #forest wanderer #winter forest #winter photography #mountain life